The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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Page 61
... loss in this engagement was estimated at nearly eight thousand . Again , Pope saw his enemy elude his grasp , but this time , Porter was to blame ; for , if he had come up in season , Pope " would have crushed or captured " ( he said ) ...
... loss in this engagement was estimated at nearly eight thousand . Again , Pope saw his enemy elude his grasp , but this time , Porter was to blame ; for , if he had come up in season , Pope " would have crushed or captured " ( he said ) ...
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... loss , in killed and wounded , was two thousand three hundred and twenty - five —that of the enemy was unknown . Among our dead was the gallant Reno . The next day , the garrison at Harper's Ferry surrendered , numbering eleven thousand ...
... loss , in killed and wounded , was two thousand three hundred and twenty - five —that of the enemy was unknown . Among our dead was the gallant Reno . The next day , the garrison at Harper's Ferry surrendered , numbering eleven thousand ...
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... loss of so many troops at this juncture , was a serious matter , and , in case of disaster , might increase it in- definitely . Still , no change was made in the Commander's purpose , and no delay permitted in the movement of the army ...
... loss of so many troops at this juncture , was a serious matter , and , in case of disaster , might increase it in- definitely . Still , no change was made in the Commander's purpose , and no delay permitted in the movement of the army ...
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... loss in officers and men , and the protracted , exhausting fighting , had left it unable to make any further forward movement . The advance of Burnside on the left , over the bridge , which was designed to be simultaneous with that on ...
... loss in officers and men , and the protracted , exhausting fighting , had left it unable to make any further forward movement . The advance of Burnside on the left , over the bridge , which was designed to be simultaneous with that on ...
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... losses by acts of the United States , including the loss of slaves . In witness whereof , I have hereunto set my hand , and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed . Done at the City of Washington , this twenty - second day ...
... losses by acts of the United States , including the loss of slaves . In witness whereof , I have hereunto set my hand , and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed . Done at the City of Washington , this twenty - second day ...
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A. P. Hill advance army artillery assault attack Banks batteries BATTLE OF ANTIETAM BATTLE OF GAINES Bragg brave bridge brigade Buell Burnside campaign cannon captured cavalry charge Chattanooga close Colonel columns command commenced compelled Corinth Corps crossed Cumberland Gap dark dashed desperate division enemy enemy's fall back fell field fierce fight fire flank Fort Wagner forward Fredericksburg front gallant Grant gunboats guns Halleck heavy heights hill Hooker horses hundred Jackson James River latter Lee's line of battle McClellan McClernand meantime miles military Mississippi Morgan morning mountain moved movement Murfreesboro night numbers o'clock opened Porter position Potomac pressed prisoners pushed railroad Rappahannock reached rear rebellion regiment retreat Richmond road Rosecrans Savage Station sent Sherman shot and shell shout side siege soldiers stood storm stream struggle swept Tennessee thousand thunder troops Valley Vicksburg victory White Oak Swamp whole woods wounded